George lander



G. LANDER.

SPOOL HOLDER.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 8,1887.

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GEORGE LANDER, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY SOHAD, OF SAME PLACE.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,917, dated November 8, 1887.

I Application filed July 16, 1887. Serial No. 244,463. (No model.)

To atZZ whom it natty concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE LANDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of s New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool -Holders. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for the use of ladies and others when engaged in sewing, knitting, or crochet'work. Heretofore when engaged in such work it has been customary to place the spool or ball of cotton or other thread on a table or in the lap, and as the thread is unwound the spool or ball is liable to fall to the floor and rollaway, thereby causing considerable inconvenience and annoyance.

To obviate this difificulty is the object of my invention; and to this end the invention consists in a' novel construction of a device provided with one or more spindles for holding a spool or ball of thread, and also provided with a guidingeye having a portion sharpened to form a knife for cutting the thread.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure'l is a perspective view of the device, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a spool of thread in position for use. Fig. 3 is a similar view, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 4 is a side view showing the device constructed with two spindles.

The spool-holder consists ofa skeleton frame, A, of any suitable shape,which may,if desired, be stamped from sheet metal; but as such construetion involves a waste of material I prefer to make it of wire. A single piece of wire is. bent double midway of its length, as shown at a, and the doubledportion is formed into a hook, B, of suitable shape and size to engage with a button or button-hole on the dress. The wire is then twisted, as shown at b, sufficiently to hold the double portion close, and then turned outward in opposite directions to form the top of the frame, and downward to form the sides, and then inward to form the bottom of the frame; At the center of the bottom and opposite to the hook B the wire is twisted sufficiently to hold it together, and the ends are turned up and soldered, or otherwise properly fastened together, to form a spindle, 0,

for holding the spool or ball of thread. If desired,t-l1e spindle may consist ofa single strand of wire continued up from the point e, Where it is twisted.

It is obvious that two or more spindles may 5 be formed by doubling the wire in the bottom portion of the frame before joining the two strands to form a central spindle, as shown in Fig. 4. By this means provision is made for holding spools or balls of thread of different colors. It is also obvious that the frame may be so arranged that it may be suspended in such a position that the spool or ball may lie horizontally, instead of standing vertically. Such a construction is shown in Fig. 3, in 6 which the frame A is shown as provided with a hook, G, arranged on one of the sides parallel with the length of spindle. In this figure is also shown a hook, J, at the bottom of the frame, on which a pair of scissors may be sus- 7o pended when the frame is in use.

If desired, instead of the hook B for engagement with a button'hole, the wire may be bent to form a loop, so that it'may be suspended from a button or other projection.

At about the middle of one side of the frame is an eye, D, which may be formed by a coil in the wire, or may be attached afterward. This eye may have its inner edge, (7, sharpened, so as to form a knife-edge, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the thread may be readily cut off, when desired, by the person using the device.

A spool or ball of thread is placed on the spindle O, so as to turn freely thereon, and the thread f is passed through the eye D, and is thus guided from the spool to the work and the spool prevented from being accidentally displaced.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure 0 by Letters Patent, is

A spool-holder consisting ofa skeleton frame provided with one or more spindles, and also provided with a guiding-eye having its inner portion sharpened to form a knife-edge, substantially as herein described.

GEORGE LANDER.

WVitnesses:

FRANCIS O. BOWEN, HENRY SOHAD. 

